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DFARS 214.209 Cancellation of invitations before opening.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section requires cancellation and re-solicitation when a bid invitation allowed fewer than 30 days for offers and received only one offer. The new solicitation must allow at least 30 additional days for receipt of offers. It matters because a contractor may see a solicitation cancelled and reissued with a longer response window.

Applies to: Contracting officers handling invitations for bids under DFARS

What it requires

  • Cancel the invitation and resolicit
  • Allow an additional period of at least 30 days for receipt of offers

Key terms: invitation for bids · cancellation · resolicit · receipt of offers

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

If an invitation for bids allowed fewer than 30 days for receipt of offers, and resulted in only one offer, the contracting officer shall cancel and resolicit, allowing an additional period of at least 30 days for receipt of offers, as provided in 215.371.

Sections it refers to

← 214.203 Methods of soliciting bids. · 214.404 Rejection of bids. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 214

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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